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Pompeo Arrives In Turkey After Discussing Khashoggi Disappearance With Saudis

Posted on Thursday, October 18, 2018 by Delia Stanley

Pompeo Arrives In Turkey After Discussing Khashoggi Disappearance With Saudis

The consul, Mohammad al-Otaibi, left Turkey on a commercial flight bound for Saudi Arabia earlier on Tuesday.

"There is not a doubt in my mind that USA intelligence knows exactly what the Saudis did to Jamal Khashoggi".

Horak, who is no fan of Twitter diplomacy, said Freeland's tweet was "ill-advised" but the Saudi reaction was "way over the top".

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo landed Tuesday in Riyadh to meet Saudi leaders over the suspected murder of one of the kingdom's most prominent critics.

"Nothing happens in Saudi Arabia without MBS knowing it. It doesn't mean you forget about them".

The prince has presented himself as a reformer intent on opening up the kingdom's economy and culture, and has used that image to try to influence White House policy in the region and to woo Western investors to help diversify the Saudi economy. Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu had said earlier on Tuesday that Turkish officials would extend their investigation into Khashoggi's disappearance to include the residence of the Saudi consul and some vehicles.

"Canada has raised the issue directly with Saudi Arabia and we are talking about the issue with our allies", Freeland said Tuesday during a question and answer session at the Fortune Global Forum in Toronto.

The White House previously brushed aside threats by Saudi Arabia that it may economically retaliate for any US punitive action imposed over the suspected murder of Khashoggi, pledging a "swift, open, transparent investigation" into his disappearance.

"They made no exceptions to who they would hold accountable".

A Turkish source told Middle East Eye that Tubaigy cut Khashoggi's body up on a table in a study in Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul while he was still alive.

The Group of Seven foreign ministers, including the United States, said in a statement that they remained "very troubled" by Khashoggi's disappearance, and looked forward to Riyadh conducting a "thorough, credible, transparent and prompt investigation, as announced".

Graham, who described himself as Saudi Arabia's "biggest defender in the Senate, ' turned on the USA ally, saying Crown Prince Mohammed - who is often referred to by his initials MBS - is a 'toxic" figure who 'has got to go'.

Trump then referred directly to his nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court, which ran into trouble in the Senate after several women came forward to accuse Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct, before Kavanaugh was ultimately confirmed.

"This is built into the sauce for Donald Trump, and I think people know that, and we have to keep pointing it out, it's bad", Lemon said tonight, just hours after Trump insulted Stormy Daniels by calling her "horseface". I don't like that. "We just went through that with Justice Kavanaugh and he was innocent all the way as far as I'm concerned".

"I think we'll also be guided by what other countries are doing", he said.

"And sometimes it's important to take a public stand". Saudi officials did not respond to requests for comment for this article.

Freeland said she's been in regular contact with her Saudi counterpart, but she had nothing new to report on Tuesday.

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